Ais-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 13,1989 Greencastle Livestock Greencastle, Fa. Monday, May 8, 1989 SLAUGHTER CATTLE RECEIPTS: 547 HD. SLAUGHTER STEERS: 157 HD. TREND STEADY TO 1.00 HIGHER; CHOICE 2-3 950-1075 LBS. 71.50-75.00, 1075-1375 LBS. 72.50-76.75, OVER 1375 LBS. 73.00-76.25; CHOICE 4 ALL WEIGHTS 65.50-70.00; SELECT * CHOICE 1-2 950-1100 LBS. 68.00-72.75, 1100-1375 LBS. 67.00-71.50, OVER 1375 LBS. 65.00-70.50. HOLSTEINS: CHOICE 2-3 1050-1450 LBS. 62.00-69.75; SELECT 1-2, 1050-1450 LBS. 56.00- SLAUGHTER HEIFERS; 109 HD. TREND: STEADY TO 1.00 HIGHER. CHOICE 2-3 850-1000 LBS. 64.00- 1000-12S0LBS. 66.00-72.75; CHOICE 4 ALL WEIGHTS 62.00-66.50; SELECT A CHOICE 1-2,850-1000 LBS. 63.50-70.00,1000-1250L85. 67.00-73.75. HOLSTEINS; CHOICE 2-3 1000-1350 LBS. 57.50-63.75, 1000-1350 LBS. 54.00- SLAUGHTER BULLS: 20 HD. TREND; 1.00 TO 2.00 HIGHER. YIELD GRADE 1 ALL WEIGHTS 58.00- YIELD GRADE 2. ALL WEIGHTS 53.00-58.50. BULLOCKS: 4 HD. I GROUP SELECT 1-2 950-1250 LBS. 58.00-64.00. COWS: 257 HD. TREND: STEADY TO 1.00 HIGHER. BREAKING UTILITY * COMMER CIAL, 48.50-55.85; CUTTER A BONING UTILITY 47.00-52.75; CANNER A LOW CUTTER 47.50 A DOWN. STOCKER & FEEDER CATTLE RECEIPTS: 115 HD. TREND: STEADY. BEEF TYPES STEERS 200-400 LBS. 80.00- 400-600 LBS. 70.00-80.50; 600-800 LBS. 67.00-74.00; 800-975 LBS. 64.00- BULLS 200-400 LBS. 78.00- 400-600 LBS. 65.50-77.00; 600-800 LBS. 60.00-6200; 800-975 LB. 55.00- HEIFERS 200-400 LBS. 72.00- 400-600 LBS. 67.00-74.00; 600-800 LBS. 60.00-70.00; 800-975 LBS. 57.00- HOLSTEIN & DAIRY CROSS: STEERS 200-400 LBS. 75.00- 400-600 LBS. 65.00-75.00; 600-800 LBS. 58.00-66.00; 800-975 LBS. 53.50-58.50. BULLS 200-400 LBS. 70.00- 400-600 LBS. 60.00-67.00; 600-800 LBS. 54.00-60.00; 800-975 LBS. 49.00- HEIFERS 200-400 LBS. 80.00- 400-600 LBS. 59.00-70.50; 600-800 LBS. SS.OO-65.00; 800-975 LBS. 49.00- CALVES: 396 HD. VEAL CALVES; TREND STEADY TO 5.00 HIGHER. CHOICE 150-300 LBS. 105.00-121.00; GOOD 150-300 LBS. 88.00-104.00, 100-150 LBS. 79.00-108.00, 80-100 LBS. 8200-99.00; STANDARD 80-100 LBS. 80.00-90.00, 80 LBS. & DOWN 80.00 & DOWN. CALVES RETURNED TO THE FARM: STEADY TO SlO HIGHER. HOLSTEIN BULLS OVER 100 LBS. UP TO 170.00, UNDER 100 LBS. UP TO 162.00; HOLSTEIN HEIFERS OVER 100 LBS. UP TO 147.00, UNDER 100 LBS. UP TO 127.00; BEEF TYPE BULLS OVER 90 LBS. UP TO 150.00, HEIFERS OVER 90 LBS. UP TO 135.00. SHEEP * LAMBS; 89 HD. LAMBS; TREND 2.00-4.00 LOWER. CHOICE 80-100 LBS. 80.00-82.50, 100-120 LBS. 77.00- 120 & OVER 69.00-72.00; MEDIUM & GOOD ALL WEIGHTS 59.00- FEEDER LAMBS 60-85 LBS. 70.00-76.00; LIGHT LAMBS 80.00- CULL LAMBS 50.00-60.00. SHEEP; EWES LEAN 21.00-28.00, FAT 15.00- YEARLING 29.00-36.00, BUCKS 17.50-22.50. GOATS; 48 HD. SMALL 14.00-27.00, MEDIUM 25.00-40.00, LARGE 42.00-64.00. HOGS, SOWS St BOARS: 161 HD. HOGS: BARROWS & GILTS. TREND 1.00-2.00 HIGHER. 210-250 LBS. 38.50-39.50, 250-260 LBS. 38.00-39.25, 260-270 LBS. 35.00-37.50,270-300 LBS. ?“ Belarus W Stto IIOL MODEL HP £ Equipment A J-STAR C STARLINE T BUTLER O JAMESWAY R BERG T 25 Backhoe Loader—.3l 400 57 4WD Backfaoa Loader .57 420 AN 4WD..... 505 S2SA4WD 562 4WD w/üb. 120 4WD 122 4WD w/ceb w FIBERDOME V FARMWAY 922 4WD»/bib...100.. Power Unit 31 j Air I s7|Cooled| ROVENDALE SUPPLY Exit 31, Rl 1-40 M 1M (OU Rt. 147) to WMcKm Exit (Yoa An TMal) fk. 717>134-1131 ar 742-7121 SA (-5 T*tt PM PA 1-MUa-DAU 32.00- LIGHT HOGS; 140-180 LBS. 29.00-34.75, 180-210 LBS. 34.50-35.75. SOWS: TREND STEADY. GOOD UNDER 400 LBS. 30.00-33.00, OVER 400 LBS. 31.00-34.00; CULL SOWS ALL WEIGHTS BOARS; TREND STEADY TO $l.OO HIGHER. 180-210 LBS. 27.00-28.00, 210-260 LBS. 28.00-33.00,260-300 LBS. 27.00- 300 LBS. A OVER 26.00- FEEDER PIGS: (BY THE HEAD) 20-30 LBS. 17.00-20.00, 30-40 LBS. 21.00-30.00, 40-50 LBS. 27.00-31.00 SALE EVERY MONDAY AT 2:00 PM & EVERY THURSDAY AT 1 PM. HAY * STRAW SALE EVERY MON DAY A THURSDAY AT 11:30 AM. SPECIAL FEEDER PIG SALE: SATURDAY, MAY 27 AT 1:00 PM Shippensburg Produce Auction (717) S3O-1700 Shippensburg, PA Average Price* Of #1 Produce May 6, 9 and 11 Open 11 ajn. Tues, Thun, and Sat ReportSupplledbyAuc- Uoo APPLES; 2.00-3.00 14 BU. ASPARAGUS: 10.00-15.00 10 LBS. BOX. BEDDING PLANTS: 3.00-5.50 PLAT ODER: 1.50-1.80 GAL. FLOWER POTS: 4.00-8.50 EACH. FLOWER SEEDLING POTS: .70-1.50 EACH. POTATOES; 4.00-5.00 50 LBS. RHUBARB; 275-4.00 10 LB. BOX. FLORIDA WATERMELONS: 3.25-4.50 EACH. £ASH E "H»? A JM»S R -B- 70...... M*jy Rl 2 Z. R ™ Sizw 2*2! lf •120,395 y OPENING MID-SESSION WEEKLY CLOSE CATTLE AND CALVES: 500 (SO SLTR, 450 FDRS) RECEIPTS CON SISTS OF FEEDER CATTLE AND COWS FOR THURSDAY’S AUCTION. SLAUGHTER CLASSES: COWS: CUTT, UTIL, COMM BULK SALES HI DRESS %LO-DRESS % BREAKING 2-4 NO TEST. BONING 1-2 LOW TO AVG CUTTER RECEIPTS THIS WEEK 1.700: WEEK AGO 1,900; YEAR AGO 2,100. COMPARED TO LAST WEEK* CLOSE, SLAUGHTER STEERS FULLY 1.00 HIGHER. SLAUGHTER HEIFERS 1.00-I.SO HIGHER. COWS 1.00 HIGH ER. FEW BULLS STEADY. SLAUGH TER SUPPLY MAINLY CHOICE AND MIXED SELECT AND CHOICE STEERS AND HEIFERS, AROUND 10% COWS. AGO BUT 4% ABOVE A YEAR AGO. AVERAGE DRESSED WEIGHTS WERE 1 POUNDS LIGHTER THAN LAST YEAR. THE VIRGINIA DIRECT HOG MARKET MAY 4-10, 1989 RECEIPTS FOR THE DIRECT HOG MARKET IN VIRGINIA TOTALED 15.947 HEAD. COMPARED TO LAST WEEK 19334 HEAD. THE MARKET CLOSED STEADY TO $2.25 HIGHER COM PARED TO LAST WEDNESDAY’S TRADING. COUNTOY POINTS PLANTS US 1-3 200-240 LBS 33.50-41.00 US 1-2 210-240 LBS FEW HIGH YIELDING 36.00-41.50 US 2-4 210-240 LBS BASE PRICE 34.00-38.50 SOWS $26.00-30.75 Cows. Crops. And a Scavenger® spreader. The three essentials for higher productivity and a more successful farm operation. Manure is money. According to ag experts at the University of Missouri, the average dairy cow produces 70 pounds of manure every day—up to 13 tons a year. Worth about SS.OO/ton, that equates to $65.00 per cow a year. If you own a 60-head herd that’s almost $4,000 of free fertilizer. And in today’s farm environment that adds up to big savings. Scavenger—good to your crops, good to you. To get the most from your manure you need a spreader to efficiently manage St. Louis Cattle, Hogs Thnraday, May 11,1989 Farm Essentials. AND BOARS $19.00-22.50. SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIF ERS 1%; SLAUGHTER COWS 18%; SLAUGHTER BULLS 2%; SLAUGH TER CALVES AND VEALERS 2%; FEEDER CATTLE UNDER 600 LBS 62% OVER 600 LBS 15%. PRICE RANGES FOR VIRGINIA WEEKLY AUCTIONS: SLAUGHTER CATTLE STEERS: CHOICE 2-3 1000-1150 LBS 68.00-70.50 CHOICE 2-3 1300 LBS A OVER 73.25-75.50 HEIF ERS; CHOICE 2-3 900-1000 LBS 66.25- CHOICE 2-3 1000-1150 LBS 69.50-73.00 CHOICE 2-3 1150 LBS A OVER 71.50-73.00 UTILITY A COM MERCIAL COWS 42.00-56.50 BULLS - 1-2 900-1300 LBS 54.00-69.00 1-2 1300-1600 LBS 53.00-65.00 1-2 1600 LBS A OVER 54.00-67.00 SLAUGHTER CALVES AND VEALERS VEALERS - HIGH CHOICE A PRIME 100-250 LBS 91.00-101.00 FEW 86.00 GOOD AND CHOICE 100-2 SO LBS 88.00-100.00 CALVES - GOOD AND CHOICE 250-500 LBS 75.00-86.50 SLAUGHTER LAMBS HIGH CHOICE A PRIME 95-125 LBS SPRING 78.75-82.80 HIGH CHOICE A PRIME 95-125 LBS WOOL 72.25- SLAUGHTER HOGS US 2-4 200-250 LBS 34.25-39.50 SOWS US 1-3 300-500 LBS 25.50-31.85; 500 LBS A OVER 25.50-32.20. FEEDER CATTLE STEERS; MEDIUM 1 HEIFERS: MEDIUM 1 200-300 LBS 89.00-9750 300-400 LBS. 74.50-59.00 300-400 88.00-103.00 400-500 75.00-85.00 400-500 84.00-98.00 FW 102.00 500-600 70.00-86.00 500-600 81.00-94.75 FW 78.00 600-700 6950-80.00 600-700 73.00-8550 700-800 63.75- 700-800 68.00-8250 800-900 55.75- 800-900 62.00-75.00 l manure. A spreader that works with you. A spreader designed and built for today’s farming. You need a Scavenger. Scavenger loads quickly and spreads fast And thanks to advanced engineering. Scavenger spreads all kinds of manure—liquid, semi-solid, pen pack (even frozen) —all year ’round. But more importantly, Scavenger’s patented moveable square auger and Variflo discharge combine to let you choose your optimum rate of application—from top dressing to heavy springtime spreading. You get the kind of spreads your crops need nice and even, without damaging “hotspots”. With Scavenger, your crops The right spreader no matter what the Job. Philly Potato & Onion Report Philadelphia, Fa. Wednesday, May 10,1959 ONIONS-DRY ABOUT STEADY SO-lb sacks US#l or generally good quality and condition Yellow unlen otherwise stated TX new crop Grano Type jumbo 700-800 Ige 500-600 repaclcer size 800-950 25-lb mesh sacks gtanex type pre ferred variety large 500 White jumbo 11. Peoria Cattle Peoria, Illinois Thursday, May 11, 1989 WEEKLY CATTLE SUMMARY CATTLE; TRADING MODERATE. COMPARED WITH LAST WEEKS CLOSE SLAUGHTER STEERS AND HEIFERS .50 HIGHER SLAUGHTER COWS STEADY TO WEAK. BULLS FULLY STEADY. SUPPLY MAINLY SELECT TO AVERAGE CHOICE SLAUGTHER STEERS AND HEIFERS WITH ABOUT 8% COWS. RECEIPTS THIS WEEK ABOUT 900 AS COM PARED WITH 913 A WEEK AGO AND 1016 A YEAR AGO. SLAUGHTER CLASSES: STEERS; CHOICE 2-3 1150-1325 LBS. 76.00-77.00 CHOICE 2-4 1050-1300 LBS. 75.50-76.50 900-1050 LBS. 72.50-75.50 SELECT & CHOICE 2-3 1000-1250 LBS. 73.00-75.50 SELECT 2-3 900-1050 LBS. 70.50-73.50. HOLSTEINS: CHOICE 2-3 1250-1400 LBS. 66.00-68.00 SELECT & CHOICE 2-3 1200-1350 LBS. 60.00-66.00. HEIFERS; CHOICE 2-3 950-1200 LBS. 74.50- 800-950 LBS. 72.50-74.50 SELECT & CHOICE 2-3 900-1100 LBS. 71.50- SELECT 2-3 800-1000 LBS. receive the essential nutrients to produce better yields. See Scavenger for yourself. Don’t be misled by claims of other manufacturer’s spreaders that say they do it all. See Scavenger for yourself and compare actual capabilities. We think you’ll find your choice obvious—you’ll choose Scavenger®. For a firsthand look at Scavenger, see your local Hcdlund/Martin dealer. Or for more information write; Hedlund/Martin, Inc., A Gehl Company, 741 Kutztown Road, Myerstown, PA 17067. Telephone: 717-933-4151 ’I i
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